SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — State-run museums and art museums nationwide will present a troupe performance and other cultural activities to the public around the traditional holiday starting this week, the culture ministry said Friday. The Lunar New Year holiday, known as “Seol,” is one of the two major traditional Korean holidays and falls [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Buses and subways in Seoul will run on extended operating hours over the weekend to meet demand for late-hour travel during the Lunar New Year holiday, the city government said Friday. Subway lines No. 1 to 9, as well as the Ui-Sinseol Light Rail Transit, will run until 2 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Major royal palaces in Seoul will offer free admission during the Lunar New Year holiday from Friday to Monday, the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) said. Four palaces from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) — Gyeongbok, Changdeok, Deoksu and Changgyeong — will open during the four days including Monday, when they [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A handful of events offering traditional activities are scheduled to be held at venues across Seoul during the Lunar New Year holiday. Namsangol Hanok Village, consisting of restored traditional houses, or “hanok” in Korean, said it is holding an event on the first three days of the holiday, which [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The operator of Incheon airport, South Korea’s main gateway, said Wednesday it will take preventive measures against a new coronavirus from China as more than 1 million travelers are expected to use the airport during the Lunar New Year holiday starting this week. Incheon International Airport Corp. put the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Can conflicts stemming from holidays be grounds for divorce? Judging by recent court decisions, the times are changing. The Chuseok holiday is supposed to be a fun and enjoyable occasion when family members gather together to share food and give thanks to their ancestors. However, it can also be [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite growing awareness of gender equality among Koreans, the equality gap between men and women during the traditional holidays remains wide, a recent report has shown. According to an online survey of 2,000 citizens conducted by the Seoul Foundation for Women and Family during this year’s Lunar New Year [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Major department stores have put a large number of delivery workers on standby for the Lunar New Year holiday later this month, expecting better business after adjustments to an anti-corruption law, retail industry sources said Thursday. The Lunar New Year falls on Feb. 16 this year, and department stores, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Most luxury restaurants and buffet restaurants at major hotels in Seoul have almost been fully booked for Christmas and year-end holidays, industry sources said Thursday. Viking’s Wharf, a lobster buffet restaurant chain, said it has completed accepting reservations for tables at its outlets in Jamsil and Yeouido for the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Air traffic in South Korea rose slightly in the third quarter on strong demand for outbound travel and increased routes to Southeast Asia, government data showed Friday. A total of 195,355 planes flew into and out of South Korea in the July-September period, up 1.2 percent from a year [...]